Connecting Windows Phone 8 to Sql server

Question

As I\'m not that skilled in Windows Phone 8 development I would like to discuss/ask what is the best way to connect my Windows Phone 8 to Sql-Server Database

Answer 1

Well, to achieve your goal, I would do:

1. Build a REST webservice with ASP.NET Web API (http://www.asp.net/web-api) which returns objects (those objects will be translated to json automatically). For example:

   public class MyObject 
   {
     public string Content { get; set; }
   }
   

   Controller for it:

   public class TestController : ApiController
   {
     [HttpGet]
     public MyObject Example() {
       return new MyObject() { Content = "Hello World!" };
     }
   }
   

2. Use a HTTP client in your win phone project:

   HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
   client.BaseAddress = new Uri("http://mywebservice.com");
   client.DefaultRequest.Headers.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));
   
   using (var result = await client.GetStreamAsync("test/example"))
   {
     var serializer = new JsonSerializer(); // this is json.net serializer
     using (var streamReader = new StreamReader(result)) {
       using (var jsonReader = new JsonTextReader(streamReader))
       {
         var obj = serializer.Deserialize<MyObject>(jsonReader);
         // you can access obj.Content now to get the content which was created by the webservice
         // in this example there will be "Hello World!"
       }
     }
   }
   

Sure you can create much more complex objects which will be (de)serialized. Just take a look at the Web API tutorials.

Within your webservice you can now access any database you want.

Edit If you need a more detailed answer, leave me a comment.